Sujet

Saint Hedwig Listening to a Reading: Saint Hedwig Praying; Vita beatae Hedwigis, 1353. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Saint Hedwig Listening to a Reading: Saint Hedwig Praying; Vita beatae Hedwigis, 1353. Additional Info: In both of these scenes, Hedwig is represented in such an intense state of devotion that she is oblivious to her surroundings. At the top, she listens so intently to a mealtime reading that she brings food to her mouth but fails to eat it. This scene reflects the common practice in medieval monasteries and nunneries of having monks and nuns listen to a devotional text while eating in the communal dining hall or refectory. Hearing texts read aloud, it was believed, would raise the minds of the listeners to thoughts more spiritual than the needs of the flesh that were being met by food. The lower scene shows Hedwig in an ecstatic state, indicated by the rays of light that surround her as she is lost in prayer. A man looks into her room through a little window and is startled by the extraordinary sight.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A77_365

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

40,0Mo (2,8Mo) / 26,7cm x 37,6cm / 3150 x 4442 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe female women woman people religious arts country religion writing life art faith reading listening meal tables color Poland medieval Christian Christianity polish table saint Santa nun text location century wash convent nuns page ink ecstasy furniture concept santo ecstatic mealtime manuscript lettering calligraphy Colour devout Cistercian mediaeval Middle Ages 14th century Fourteenth Century refectory Thirteenth Century 13th century 12th century illuminated manuscript nunnery tempera TGN Silesia Silesian manuscript Unknown St Heritage Art St Hedwig Hedwig Saint Hedwig folio recto Tempera colours coloured washes and ink Saint Hedwig of Silesia